BET EMET MINISTRIES

Hebrew For "The House Of Truth"

Craig M. Lyons Ms.D.,
D.D., M.Div.

ASTRO THEOLOGY: THE SUN
ON THE CROSS OR THE SON ON
THE CROSS?

It has been said that: The
Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the Sun, in which they
put a man whom they call Christ, in the place of the Sun, and pay him the
same adoration which was originally paid to the Sun.-
Thomas Paine

This is a most serious charge against Christianity as most know it
and if such a charge can be shown to have validity then one should be
honest enough before God to begin a serious investigation in his religious
beliefs in order to separate truth from fiction.

Well it is for certain most who read our articles don't wish to be
in sin. A small article of this size cannot possibly do
justice to such a complex and verbose subject as we have at hand but I
hope to break the egg so to speak to help our readers begin to
scrutinize the subject matter at hand in more detail by their personal
study. Let's closely examine the original, conceptual foundations of the
Christian faith, and thendecide
what to do with the serious charge made at the beginning of
the article; that the Christian faith today is nothing but an
evolution of sun worship
transfigured into Son worship. Again I wish to
reiterate the seriousness of such a charge if it can be proven.

IN THE BEGINNING

But in order to do that, we must go back not 2000 years to the birth
of Christ, but 10 to 15,000 years to the birth of modern man. For when one
seeks to establish foundations, one must begin at the beginning. We must
begin with the Aryan
peoples of the world.

Many thousands of years ago, in what we refer to as the "primordial
world" of the ancients, human life was a far different experience
from that which we enjoy today. While it is true that we have less
documentation on that prehistoric world than we have on our own age,
enough is known from the ancient writings to paint a rather clear picture
of our remote ancestry. If we have learned anything at all, it is this: "That
the more we change, the more we stay the same." And nowhere is this
more clearly demonstrated than in the history of man's quest for "God",
and the ancient religion we still keep holy.

According to the best understanding we have gleaned from the
available records, life for our ancient forefathers was a mixture of
wonder and fear. Each day, just finding food for one's family without
becoming a meal oneself was a life-and-death struggle. It was from these
meager, distressful conditions of the human race that our long history of
the search for God and meaning of life has come.

Any evolution, at its most accelerated rate, is always agonizingly
slow. But from the beginning, man's profound questions demanded answers.
When no clear answers were forthcoming from the universe, man turned
inward and developed his own. The study of this subject is termed
"Astro-Theology"or
the worship of the heavens.

It did not take ancient man very long to decide that in this world
the single greatest enemy to be feared was the darkness of night. Simply
stated, man's first enemy was darkness.

With this one fact alone, one can readily understand why the
greatest and most trustworthy friend the human race would ever have was
heaven's greatest gift to the world . . . the Glorious Rising Orb of Day .
.THE SUN. With this simple truth understood,
we can now begin to unravel ascent of man and the origin of the
crucifixion of the sun; or should I
say the crucifixion of the Son. Notice the
word-play and stay tuned!

Modern-day Christianity has often belittled our ancient ancestors
who are not here to defend themselves. They accuse them of being nothing
more than ignorant worshippers of miscellaneous gods. Therefore we can,
with assurance, summarily dismiss 14,000 years of human spirituality as
ignominious myth believed by well-meaning but gullible primitives. Too
much of this kind of spiritual arrogance and religious pride has continued
without challenge . . Until now! The time has come to set matters
straight.

WHAT EVERY CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO KNOW BUT
WHICH FEW HAVE EVER READ OR SEEN FOR HIMSELF

The "Greatest Story" went something like this . . .

The ancient peoples reasoned that no one on Earth could ever lay
claim of ownership to the Great Orb of Day (the sun). Such a magnificent
heavenly body must belong to the unseen Creator of the universe.
It became, figuratively speaking, not man's, but "God's
Sun." It was only a short hop and skip to the understanding
that "God's Sun" was . . ."The Light
Of The World."

As stated before, in the dark cold of night man realized his utter
vulnerability to the elements. Each night, mankind was forced to wait for
the "Rising of The Sun" (resurrection of the Sun) to chase away
the physical and mental insecurity brought on by the darkness. Therefore,
the morning Sun focused man's attention on heavenly dependence for his
frail, short existence on Earth. Doing so, it became an appropriate symbol
of divine benevolence from heaven.

So just as a small fire brought limited light into man's own little
world of darkness, likewise, the "Great Fire of Day" served the
whole Earth with its heavenly presence. For this
reason, it was said at Deut. 4:24 and Heb. 12:29 that the God of the Bible
was a "Consuming Fire" in heaven. And so He was!

It was accepted by all that man was bound to a life on Earth, but
the sky was the abode of God's Sun. He resides "up there" in. .
. "Heaven."

Ancient man saw in his male offspring his own image and likeness,
and his own existence as a father was proved by the person of his son.
Thus, it was assumed that "God's Sun" was
but a visible representative of the unseen Creator in heaven. So it was
said, "When you have seen the Son, you have seen the Father."
Said another way, "The Father is glorified in His Son."

Answer for yourself: Now
does this not sound a little too much like the Gospel of John for comfort?

Ancient man had no problem understanding that
all life on Earth depended directly on life-giving energy from the Sun.
Consequently, all life was lost without the Sun. It followed that
"God's Sun" was nothing less than "Our
very Savior."This is a major concept in the evolution of
religion and should not be under estimated in the creation of future
theologies; especially in the Gentile nations who will have their
multitudes of crucified saviors which would serve again as
precursors to the Jesus story of Rome. Logically, even if man himself
dies, as long as the Sun comes up each day, life on
Earth will continue forever. Therefore, it was said in the ancient
texts that everlasting life was "the gift"
that the Father gives through his Sun. Not for you personally but
for the Earth . . . everlasting life!

Since evil and harm lurked at every turn in the fearful dark of
night, all evil or harmful deeds were naturally the . . ."Works
of Darkness." And of course the evil of night was ruled over
by none other than . . . "The Prince of
Darkness." Hence, evil is of the Dark
or of the Dark-Evil the "D-Evil" or as we more
curently know it by.....the Devil (pretty clever if I might say so)!

Mankind progresses through his history but he retains his fears and
phobias as well as his religious concepts based upon such superstitions as
we have shown. We now have before us two cosmic brothers - one very good,
and one very bad. This would be the basis for all Dualistic Religions that
preceded Christianity. One brings the "truth to light" with the "light
of truth." The other is the opposite, or in opposition to the light -
"The Opposer" . . . Prince of the World of Darkness.

EGYPTIAN RELIGION AND THE SUN/SAVIOR

At this point we come to Egypt. More than three thousand years
before Christianity began, the early morning "Sun/Savior"
was pictured in Egypt as the "New Born Babe."
The infant savior's name was "Horus."

At daybreak each day, this wonderful, newborn child
(represented by the Sun the Sun/Savior)
is of course "Born Again". Horus
is risen on the Horizon as the sun rises in the East daily.

And
of course "God's Sun" goes to His death at sundown wearing a "crown
of thorns" or
"corona" (the rays of the sun so clearly seen at sunset)/
Remember the Statue of Liberty or the many
pictures of Jesus with a halo? To this day, kings still wear a round crown
of spikes, symbolizing the rays of the Sun!

The Egyptians knew that the Sun was at its
highest point in the sky (or high noon) when no shadow was cast by the
pyramid. At that point, all Egypt offered prayers to the "Most High"
God! As stated before, to the ancients, the
sky was the abode, or heavenly temple, of the "Most High."
Therefore, "God's Sun" was doing His heavenly
Father's work in the temple at 12 noon!

IMPORTANCE OF THE SUN DIAL & CROSS OF
THE ZODIAC RELIGION ADVANCES

The world of ancient man kept track of times and seasons by the
movement of the Sun - daily, monthly, yearly. For this, the sundial was
devised. Not only the daily movement of the Sun was tracked on the round
dial, but the whole year was charted on a round calendar dial. Examples:
Ancient Mexican, Mayan, Inca, Aztec, Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian,
Egyptian, Celtic, Aryan, etc. With this method, certain new concepts
emerged in the mind of ancient man

Since the Earth experiences four different seasons, all the same and
equal (in time) each year, the round calendar was
divided into four equal parts. This represented the complete story of the
life of "God's Sun." The famous painting of The Last
Supper pictures the 12 followers of the Son in four groups (of 3) . .
. the four seasons of the year! Think on this for a minute!

On the round surface of the yearly calendar,
you draw a vertical line directly across the middle, cutting the circle in
half - one end being the point of the winter
solstice; the other end being the point of the summer solstice. Then
draw another straight line (crossing the first one). One end of the new
line is the spring equinox; the other end is the autumn equinox.

You
now have the starting points for each of the four seasons. This is
referred to by all major encyclopedias and reference works, both ancient
and modern, as "The
Cross of the Zodiac."Thus the
life of God's "Sun" is
on "the Cross." This is why we see the
round circle of the Sun on the crosses of Christian churches. The next
time you pass a Christian church, look for the circle (Sun) on the cross.

On December 21 or 22, the Sun, going south, reaches its lowest point
in the sky (our winter solstice). It was often described, since the days
have the longest darkness of the year, as the
sun's descent into Hell
where he was subjected to the darkness, or the dark-evil, the D-evil, or
Devil. By December 25th, it is clear that the Sun its returning northward.
Therefore on December
25th the sun is Born Again. Christians stole December
25th from the Roman celebration of Sol
Invictus-the Sun Unconquered. And to this day, worshippers still
celebrate the birthday of the Sun only under the disguise of the birthday
of the Son Jesus.

It was well understood by ancient man that our weather was caused
and controlled by the Sun. It was a simple fact that God's Sun had the
power to control storms at will. The ancient Egyptians taught that He did
this as He rested in His heavenly boat while crossing the sky. The story
of Jesus calming the storm (Matt. 8:23-27) echoes this.

The next point to be made requires first a little background.
Christians have always referred to God as "The Father." But
viewing God as a father didn't start here - it goes back far into the
ancient world. The reason is: Our planet was always viewed as our "Mother
Earth or Mother Nature." And since rain (the life-bringing fluid),
falling from heaven, impregnated and brought life to Mother Earth, it was
therefore believed that our Father was in Heaven.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE
PHARAOHS

Though all of the essential pieces of the Christian story were long
in existence before Egypt, it was with the coming of the Pharaohs that the
story was finally codified and became religious dogma. Though the story
varied in some details from place to place in Egypt, the essence was
always the same: Gods Sun was the Light
of the World, who gave His life for us.

In ancient Egypt it was said that if you wanted to follow the life
of Gods Sun and thereby live in the light of Gods Word,
one would have to leave his old ways of life to Follow the Sun.
But before beginning this new life in The Word, one must die
to the old way of life and be Born Again. Your first birth was
out of water your mother formed you in. Because her water
broke and your new life began, rebirth is symbolized by coming out of
total immersion in water-baptism-or being born again.

In Mal 4:2, the God of Heaven is described as the "Sun of
Righteousness with healing in His wings." The Sun with healing in His
wings?? Then in the New Testament in Matt. 23:37 and Luke 13:34, we see
God's Son wanting to gather all under "His wings." This is most
appropriate for, in Egypt, the Sun was always pictured with His wings. I
mention this only to show you that even the Old Testament is not immune
from such symbolism within itself.

These points here mentioned are a few of hundreds, if not thousands
of direct connections that can be made between the Christian Bible Story
and the far more ancient, original story from the origin of religion among
mankind. My purpose for drawing your attention to this literary plagiarism
is best stated by Alfred North Whitehead who said, No lie can live
forever, and Egyptologist Gerald Massey, They
must find it difficult, those who have taken authority as the truth,
rather than truth as the authority.

I would like to leave you with a quote which I hope will serve as an
impetus for your further study into these areas in order that you cast
out the leaven of perverse lies taught as truth:

All Indo-Germanic
nations have worshipped crucified Saviors and overwhelming proof was
obtained that the sun-myths of the ancient Aryans were the origin of the
religion in all the countries which were peopled by the Aryans Charles
Morris. Let us study to show ourselves approved by God. Anyone wanting to
look into this subject more thoroughly might read Aryan Sun Myths The
Origin of Religion by Charles Morris, Bible Myths by T.W.
Doane, or The Story of Christian Origins by Martin A. Larson.

In our CD of all out websites contained on one disk we provide a "study
plan" for the student and give detailed
instructions as how to study these websites "in order" to
facilitate one's study. Please inquire for the CD for such through study
will take you some time if you ever hope of cracking the "Jesus
Puzzle" and coming to the answer of the question: "Who do men
say I am?" Hidden in this study is the manner by which you, a
Christian, can come to the point in your life where the true power and
demonstration of the Power of God in your life can be found and
experience, where you can "say" to the mountains in your life "be
gone" and they really flee. Just ask my wife who raised the Christ to
life in her life, in time to reverse the diseases in her life in a few
short months, and is alive today when medical science said there was no
hope. A mistaken literal and historical understanding of the sacred
Scriptures "killeth," but a "mystical" and "metaphysical"
understanding of the true indwelling Christ in you, as the real St. Paul
teaches, raises you from the dead in this Earthly life and gives you the
power and demonstration of the Power of God in your life. No tricks here,
but just truth, truth kept from us by a evil group of men that changed the
original understanding of the Ancient Wisdom to keep humanity ignorant and
in fear, thus selfishly controlling them when they no longer had enough
swords to do so. Don't let this ignorance of the truth continue in your
life. It is time to experience the resurrection of Christ from the dead in
your life NOW!